Tea cartridge



afented May 13, 1924.

UNlTED STATES 1,493,981 PATENT oFFICE.

A Heation med se tember 2G, 1923. SeTia1 10. 6G4,880.

- roveInentS in Teo CaftridgeS, of vhich the foHOWing is o S ecifiCotion.

The reSent invention relates to oort idgeS foI' peTcolating oI' extrooting the fiovor fI oIn tea-leoveS or c0ee. The invention ertains Inofe artioulafly to that tyPe of teo-oortridgeS, Whioh iS deScribed in U. S. LeerS 1 tent No. 1,310,796, granted to Ine on July 22, 1919.

Tn the IetterS 1 atent nlentioned, aJ devico fol' extroting eSSonce froIn tea;-leaveS of coffee iS deSoribed, coInpfiSing o bag of tex tile fobrio hioh containS o qllontity of tealeoveS of Coee inSt SIlffICient foI o Single bfewing. The mouth of the bog is draWn into folds and olosed by a Inetol Stri en gging and oompressing soid foldS, thefeby oloSing fhe n1ollth of Said bag, Soid Stri at toching of the SnIne tiIne a SuSPending String to Soid bag.

The Inaln obieot of the reseot invention iS to provide a oartridge the bag of vVhich iS in the form of o tube, both ends of the fube being oloSed by o metol Stri of the t e above referfed to. v

ith theSe ond othe1 objeots in vievv, hich vvill Inore flllly oppeof as the noture of the invention iS better understood, the sonle conSistS in the con1bination, orronge Tnent ond ConStruction of Pofts hereinofteI' deSoribed, pointed oot in tho opPendeo olaiInS ond illllStI'ated in the ccoII1panying dTaWingS, it being underStood tht many changes Inay be n1ade in the size and pro ortion of the Severo1 parts ond detolls of conStruotion vit1iI1,the sooPe of tho op penoed olaimS, Without depTting from the Spirit of SaofiHCing ony of the dv ntogeS of the invention.

0ne of the many poSsible embodimentS of the invention fS illuStrated in the ocooIn ony droWings, in whioh= iguro 1 iS on elevatio11 of a tea cortTidge conStrlloted in Ccordance vith the reSent invention; Eig. 2 iS an e1evation, on a lofger Scale, of the tube of Whioh the bog is formed, 11aving olready ottached to it o Suspending String, the fn be being turned inSide out in order to nlore olearly Shovv the e1eInontS ood Fig. 3 iS o Soction taken on lino 3 3 of 1g. 9, onn Still larger Soole, the tnbe being .turned So aS to Conceal the sean1 funning o1ong one of ifs longitudinI edges.

In the droWingS, the nnInerol 10 indioateS a tube of open IneSh textile fabric, SllCh aS foI inStanCe cotfon, it being IT11(1e of a sin gle 1)ieceof fabric that iS folded along one of itS loflgifudino1 edges, denoted by the nuInera1 11, the IIleeting longitudino1 edgeS 11 of the tWo lies being ioined by 3 row of StitcheS 12, vvhioh runS poronel to the Soid meeting edges. The stitoheS Serve of the SaIne tiIIle to faSten to the tube a SuSpending String 13, extending fronl the 1over tronS- verSe edge 1 of the tube along the Ineeting edgeS 11 in paroHel Telation t0 the latteI and thence beyond the n er tTonSverSe edge 15 of the tube a sIlbStntin1 diStance beyond said uppef transvefSe edgeq o hondle 16 of PaSteboard or like nferial being ottoohed in ony SIlitable Inanner to the free end of the string, foI o pnrpoSe hereinafter to be de soribed. In prePaTing the teo oartridge, the t11be iS first turned So that the IneetingodgeS 11 of the Inateriol Te dis'posed betWeen the I)lieS thereof, aS cle3rly ShoTvn in l ig. 3 of the (lI'aJvviflgS. Thereafter the loTver end of the tube is gathered into folds ond o Ileto1 Stfip 17 ap lied thereto. ThiS Inetalstrip is Shoped to ossnme the form of a ring, em bfacing the folded ortion of the tube So oS to hold fhe folds under ooIn reSsion. In this IIloI111er o bog is forIned,te1eveS or ooee for aSin le bfe7ing being then Ploced into the S1I1e. he Ino11th of the bog is then doSed by uckering the soIne ond o Plying thereto o Ineta1 stri 18, alSo Shped to os- SuIne the forIn of ring So as to prevenf eS oo ing of the oontentsa Both meto1 TingS, beSideS that they cloSe the to ond bottom of the tube, Serve also t() Seonrely hold the l Suspending string in I)looe I1I)on tho cor tridge.

In brewing tea of ooffee vvith the im pfoved devioe, fhe cartridge is ta1en hold of by itS handle 16 ond 10Wore(1 into the bTevving' reCeptaole, the free end of the Stfing ond hondlo being ermitted fo hang over the Inouth of the fece tocle, aftef vhich ifS ooveI' iS Put in I)loco Ihe oover thnS holdS the fTee en(1 of the Striog ond hnd1B ready foI fI1I'theI operation. Into the receP- toole iS oured, eitheI before or oftef the in- Sertion of the cortridge, o suitable quontity of boiling Water. When Sncient eSenoe haS been ex trocted froIn the teo-1eaves of coffee Within the CortTidge, the coveI of the breWing receptacle is reInoved and the bo WithdraWn by groS ing its hondle.

1. A device fof eXtrocting eSSence froIn teaJeaveS or ooffee, con1 riSing o tnbe of textile fabfic hoving both endS draWn into foldS, metol stTi enciroling nnd Com TeSS ing the foldS on each end of the tnbe fof oloSing Soid endS and a- Suspending String held in loce by both Inetol St1ipS 2. In o device aCcording to cloim 1, Soid stfing being alSo oftoched to Soid tube by o row of Stitches.

3. In o device ccording to claim 1, Soid string being alSo ottached to Soid tube by o row of StitcheS oSSing through the Hes of the nloterio1 in fofming soid tube,

A ([evioefoI, extracting eSSence ffom tea-1eaveS or coee, compriSing a fube of textile fabric hoving both endS draWn into foldS. a metal Stfip encil'oling and coInp1'eSS ing the folds on each end of Soid tube fof closing soid endS, a n d o SuSPending Stnng ottaohed to soid tnbe.

Signed of NeW York. in the connty of NeW York and sfate of New York, this 25th doy of SepteInber, D. 1923.

BENJAMIN HIBSOHHoBN. 

